MSI X58A-GD65

Zitat: Clearly the GD65 isn’t the quickest X58 board we’ve had through our labs. Granted, it does have price in its favour, as it’s nearly £20 less than any other X58 board we’ve seen, but you’d be wrong to dwell on this point too much. This is mainly because you can get so much more by just spending them few extra quid. The Asus Sabertooth X58 performs better in games and applications and has quicker SATA ports to boot, not to mention the fact that it looks better and comes with a longer warranty. The GD65 is only attractive to those building an LGA1366 system on the very tightest of budgets, but doing so doesn´t make sense – the CPUs and triple-channel memory are hardly cheap, so adding £20 to the build price isn’t a significant amount to get the best from these premium components. If you really can’t spend the extra £20, an LGA1156 system might be a better option, as is waiting to see what Intel’s forthcoming mid-range Sandy Bridge CPUs bring in early January. Either way, the GD65 doesn’t quite make it onto our Christmas wish list.

Zitat: Plusy: + SATA III 6 Gb/s + USB 3.0 + eSATA + Easy OC Switch + Przyciski Power i Reset na PCB + Port COM Minusy: - trzeci slot PC Express tylko x4

Zitat: MSI has added SATA 3.0 and USB 3.0 to a relatively basic Core i7 motherboard and has managed to deliver plenty of hardware for a very reasonable price. We found that the BIOS delivered some questionable information about voltage settings but once we´d checked and double checked our figures we were able to overclock very successfully.

Zitat: Golden bear award Pros: + Good Quality + USB 3, SATA 3 support + Great overclocking ability + Great Layout + Openness of the motherboard Cons: - None The MSI X58A-GD65 is a demonstrate´s MSI´s ability to provide a motherboard with an exceptional layout while still performing at a top-of-the-line level. We are proud to give the MSI X58A-GD65 our Golden Bear Award .